Mental Health First Aid Training With Members of the Public in a Rural Area
Completed
- Conditions
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN53887541
- Lead Sponsor
- Australian Centre for Mental Health Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 753
Inclusion Criteria
Members of the public living in a rural area of Australia. The trial examines the ability of participants to provide initial help to people who have a mental disorder.
There were 753 participants, 416 in the intervention group and 337 in the control group. These were members of the community, not patients.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Recognition of mental disorders in vignettes, agreeement with health professionals about which interventions are likely to be helpful for the persons portrayed in the vignettes, social distance from people with mental disorders, confidence in providing help to others, contact with people with mental disorders, amount and type of help actually provided.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration